For those who have been following
@mc.bef on Spotify, you may have noticed there are now 3 versions uploaded of the same track Unleash The Beat.
This is because I found it extremely difficult to mix this track properly, given it was the first time for me to include so called zaagkicks, typical for uptempo hardcore.
Unleash The Beat however is not an uptempo track pur sang, rather a mix between old and new. The track starts rawstyle, mixing in some happy hardcore along the way, to finally reach it's soaring bass-driven uptempo climax, making it one of the hardest, if not THE hardest MC Bef track to date!
However, since so-called zaagkicks are extremely demanding with their high resonance, most of the time they leave little to no room for melody. Mixing in happy hardcore for melody, keeping it audible and at the same time dynamic (you want that kick to dominate!), made this my biggest challenge so far!
I think however, take 3 is a winner and within the next couple of days/weeks I will delete it's predecessors. The whole creation and upload process taught me a lot about bass-driven sounds and especially taught me not to upload tracks too quickly, but rather leave some time to rest the ears and reflect more honestly.
I know there's a lot of early ravers out there very much disliking uptempo and what it stands for but keep in mind, you were young once yourself and without the youth and their innovative creativity, the scene will eventually die out.
The same thing can be said about that other hardcore (punk) where the old heads very much seem to frown upon beatdown, slam, deathcore and the likes, especially in combination with the violent dancing crowd kill phenomenon (which is actually not that new, it just seems dominantly present currently). Please try to find the good in innovation and learn to appreciate this. There's a lot of stuff out there that bangs and rips and shreds and deserves to be heard and supported!
For everyone who keeps an open mind, this one's for you! MC Bef, taking you back. Back to the street. Unleash The Beat!
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